The Aged Mother Theme

“With the crown of snow, there cometh wisdom!”’(Basho 2). When the emperor in this story learns an old person’s wisdom he changed the rule of the country to not kill old people, so the power of wisdom is very important. There is a rule in the province that old people will get killed because the emperor was very afraid of getting old, but once he met a very hard problem he went to ask a poor old farmer’s mother, and she solved the problem so from that time, they changed the rule to not kill old people because they have more experience than other people. The power old people’s wisdom is very important because they have more experience and it can help solve problems.

Firstly, In the story “The Aged Mother”, by Matsuo Basho, the author believes that the power of old people’s wisdom is very important because they have more experience and it can help solve problems. Near the end of the story, the government sent an order to make them make the rope of ashes, which is impossible to do. The aged mother said, “’I will think. I will think’. On the second day she told him what to do. ‘Make rope of twisted straw,’ she said. ‘Then stretch it upon a row of flat stones and burn it on a windless night.’” (Basho 2). When the son haves problem and he went to go ask his mother, and she told him to burn the rope at a windless place, and this shows us the wisdom of old people Because the mother solved the problem for his son. Secondly, “The mountain road is full of dangers. LOOK carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide you to the familiar path farther down”(Basho 2). She is very wise because leaves the path for her son to follow because it’s too dangerous.

To conclude, The power of old people’s wisdom is very important because they have more experience and it can help solve problems.